Franz Kafka spent a great deal of his time in school promoting theatrical and extracurricular events. Despite his fear of appearing repulsive, which shows up as a theme in his later works, he was considered very friendly and charming by his associates. He spent most of his life suffering from tuberculosis and complications thereof, and so produced very few pieces of writing - only a few short stories. After his death, he asked that his manuscripts be burned; however, his lover, Dora Diamant, destroyed only a few and hid the rest - there are still investigations being conducted to find these.

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